Syracuse Peace Council sponsors talk by anti-drone activist

Syracuse, NY -- Three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly will speak about the impact of war on Gaza and Pakistan and the effect of drone aircraft attacks at 7 p.m. at May Memorial Unitarian-Universalist Society, 3800 E. Genesee St. The talk is free.

Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, is on a speaking tour of upstate New York to call attention to drone attacks. She was arrested in April at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, while protesting the drones based there.

Officials of the Syracuse Peace Council, which is sponsoring her local appearance, said Kelly is especially interested in visiting Syracuse because drones are based at Hancock Air National Guard Base. The Peace Council is organizing a protest of the drones outside Hancock air base for Sunday.